no dating 'til out of debt

[juldea]

I am pondering a new rule for myself: no dating until I'm out of debt. I feel like this rule would be healthy for me in multiple ways.

Specifics still being weighed.

Comments

[natbudin.livejournal.com]

But if you always get raises after breakups, doesn't lots of dating == out of debt sooner?

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I can certainly see how taking a year off from dating could be appealing.

[corwyn-ap.livejournal.com]

Can I recommend against it? Linking two things like that just make it harder, and the failure of one leads to the inevitable failure of the other. You are resourceful enough to accomplish any two things you want to, on their own merits.

[rosinavs.livejournal.com]

How far are you from being out of debt?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Without looking precisely at numbers right now, I'd say at least a year, maybe two. Depends on how I change my lifestyle.

[getoffended.livejournal.com]

If you do not feel you have settled things which are important to you, such as this, you are taking away from any relationship you encounter, not just romantic ones.

I think this is a wise call and good luck!

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Thank you for supportive words. *hug*

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Taking some time off may well be a good thing to do. It is unclear to me what benefit you would get from linking your dating availability to your financial state.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I apologize for the late reply, but I have some time tonight that I'm using to get back to some LJ comments I've left sit in my email box.

Linking them together is a way to balance out something that I know I should be doing but generally drag my feet on out of convenience and something that I suspect I shouldn't be doing but rush into anyway in something akin to convenience. So it's not that I think they are connected fundimentally in any way, I just think that if I add some connection between the two in my head, it'll help balance out those routes of least resistence.

[karldark.livejournal.com]

fuck that make them bastards pay